The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-06-03

feels Like II; but .the people, lat Ant. 4
least, had no such inclination. Bob VA
dancing over the lawn, pulling al hi
chin, his eyes % wide open % bis mouth
panic stricken In every feature. An uhel
hue overepread the countenance OF the al
dienee. Presently Bob, facing the awe
stricken crowd, began to jsbber incoher
emit ~guttesRls.
"De Laud save Us, somebody done con
lure him." cried one.
A thrill nhot through the nerves Of thu
spectators. 5,.J.
Bob took two steps In advance. "stand
back, people" shrieked the scullion hys,
terically. "Fo' de Laud, I b,liye he pwip
10 conjure somebody he SELL" b
The people stood back. Poor Bob looked
appealingly from face 10 face, shedding
terror like another Gorgon's head from biz
wide staring .eyes. Meeting those OF the
grass widow, he made for her with out.
stretched arms. Could he not expect
sympathy from herr Would not she de-
lend him from the charge Of ~witchcrait,
she who had acknowledged his innocent
witchsry, and confessed that In meeting
him she had met her fate? Alas Door
Bob, you had no idea how you looked, as
you spraDg with ouatretched arme TO.
ward your inamorata, MOI how wondrous
fearful were the sounds you uttered:
Bob.
The widow screamed with terror, cover.
Ing her face with her apron and turned
her back upon her faithful Robert.
"G'way fom me, man, g'way fom me, I
tell you'll and, heavy weight though abe
was, with one brave bound she cleared
the all and locked the door, againet which
the head OF the winged though belsted
scullion thunderously bumped In vain,
In an instant the unfortunate Bob was
left entirely alone, waving his hands pit
eously aloft as he saw himself peeped at
from behind trees, house corners, every.
thing likely to protect from the supposed
deadly glance Of his eye.
There was yet another feather in reserve
for this camel's back. A diagnoatician
suggested, from behind an oak, that prob.
ably "Baub had done gone and got the
hydrophby,"a proposition accepted with
alacrity by q suitor crouched behind a
pump. These two, reinforced BY the
scullion, who had efaced herself In the
rear OF the chicken coop, from behind
which she proclaimed that "Neber In ala
lie had abe aeen any critter look more
to bite" seemed likely IN
carry the day, and Bob could stand il 40
longer, but started oil at q trot for the
great house." there to find that Justice
denied him by his own color.
D. Nv fofhur r,oo ok,o,
was naturally somewhat taken aback at
seeing Bob advancing at a trot with his
mouth wide open, es though he were a
catfish and she q hook. But Bob, by III.
tie pantomime, contriyed to let her know
the nature OF his trouble. In a few min
utes n OF the suitors was galloping nm
the road on q mule. 1t was four houIs
before DR.. Gibbey arrived, During the
whole OF that time Bob sat with his wide.
ly distended jaws, q source Of ~unbounded
merriment to the entire plantation, AN
terror quickly disappeared as soon as Il
leaked out, through the house maids. that
,'mlstiss was still q settin' in q cheer, a
laughin' and a-laughin' 'twell she couldn't
up, she was dat veal" and everybody,
little and big, had clustered around Bob
Ailsie alone did not eyen smile; but what
her silence boded, no one knew.
When Or. Gibbey, with a quick pull,
brought Bob's jaw in place, there was a
gurgle Of lopg-continueL laughter.
Bob gave a ghastly smile and looked
around to receive the congratulatory smile
Of his beloved, but she was in the Kitchen,
dercely stirring about among the pots and
pans and muttering to herself:
"A.g'yarpin and ~a.g'yarpin, tell de ton
O. be hade mighty nigh ~felloff; sicha fool.
sich a fool, to be shot"
, Next week she led Jim to the altar, and
he lived happily ever after feastlng on fat